Suspended clothes-rack.



C. CORBETT.

SUSPENDED CLOTHES RACK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 19 16.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

CHARLES CORBETT, or YQNKERS, NEW YORK.

SUSPENDED CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed May 4, 1916. Serial No. 95,348.

7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Concern, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspended Clothes-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to clothes-racks for in-doors and more particularly to improved means of constructing and supporting such racks.

One object of this invention is the production of a rack having detachably secured clothes bars.

Another object of this invention is the production of improved adjustable means for preventing the rack-from tilting.

Clothes-racks heretofore provided for drying clothes in-doors have been obj ectionable-firstly because of the inconvenience and difficulty encountered in hanging the clothes inposition on the rack. Another objectionable feature has been the ease with which racks of this kind readily tilt when the clothes are not evenly distributed on the rack. The first of these objectionable features may be overcome by employing detachable clothes-bars, so that when hanging the clothes on the bars, each alternate bar, or as many as desired, may be removed, thereby leaving ample space for placing the clothes on the remaining bars. Also in many cases, it is desirable to remove the bars entirely from the rack and place them in a more convenient position for putting on the clothesthat is the bars mav be removed and placed across and extending between the backs of two chairs or between any other convenient objects-the clothes placed on the bar, and the bar then restored to its position on the rack.

The means for preventing the clothes-rack from tilting beyond a desired amount, con-f sists of adjustable means singular to each of the pendant cords and adapted to be clamped securely thereto to arrest the rack in any desired position by engaging the guide pulley through which each cord is designed to travel.

These and other objects of this invention will be clearly set forth in the following de- V i Y scription and accompanying drawings, in

which-- v v Figure 1 is a view in p erspec tive of-a r1othes-=rack embqfiyu g this invention, Fig,-

2 is a view of a pair of resilient spring members,'mounted and adapted to press tightly against the clothes-bars for holding them in position and against rotation. Fi 3-is an Patented Oct. 24, 191s."

enlarged view of a portion of a clothes-bar with sides cut away near the end to permit of firm engagement by the spring members shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of a special self-locking pulley, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of an adjustable member adapted to be attached to each of the pendant cords for limiting the downward movement of the rack and to prevent tilting thereof.

- The clothes-rack proper is composed of two cross-bars, 10 and 11, which are rigidly connected by side-bars 12 and 13. These side-bars not only serve as a part of the frame, but also asclothes-supports on which clothes may be hung. cross-bars 10 and 11 at right angles and are secured thereto by screws 15 and screw-eyes 14. It will be noted that screws 15 pass through the over-turned portions of crossbars 10 and 11, and that screw -eyes 14 perform the dual function of securely holding the side-bars. and cross-bars together, and also as a means for connecting the pendant cords 16,17, 18 and 19 to the rack. The cross-bars 10 and 11 must necessarily be strong and are rererably of angle-iron, although other materials may be used. The side-bars 12 and 13, which are preferably of wood, and somewhat larger than bars 20 to 26 inclusive, are adapted to join the crossbars and to serve as clothes-supports in the same manner as bars 20 to 26 inclusive.' The bars 20 to 26 inclusive are detachably mounted on the cross-bars 10 and 11. These bars rest on the portion A-- of the ang e-irons and are secured in place by means of resilient spring members 30, which are securely fixed to the cross-bars and adapted to press against thesides of the bars 20 to 26 inclusive. The bars are cut away at the ends, as

shown in Fig. 3, so that the springs 30 may cords 16, 17, 18 and 19, which are attached at one end to screw-eyes 14, and pass through guide pulleys, 31, 32, 33 and 34 respectively. The guide pulleys 31, 32, etc., may be, se

cured directly to the ceiling or they may be attached to cleats 40 and 41, as shown in Fig. 1, which are, in turn, secured to the The side-bars meet,

ceiling in any well-known manner. The cords 16 and 17, forming a palr and supporting one end of the rack, are connected together at 45, at which junction point a draw-cord 46 is joined to the pair of cords.

The cordslS and 19, forming another pair and supporting the other end of the rack,

are connected together and also to the drawcord 46 at the junction point 48. To each one of the cords 16, 17, 18 and 19 is" secured.

&5 passes through a guide pulley 50, thence to junction point 48, and thence through a self-locking pulley 55; This pulley 55 serves as a guide pulley and also to gripthe drawcord 46 and hold the rack supported against the ceiling or in any fixed position. Referring to Fig. 4, where this pulley is shown in detail, the draw-cord 46 travels in groove 56 when the rack is being raised or lowered, but when it is desired to hold the rack in any desired position, the draw-cord 4:6 is pulled just a little side-wise into groove 58 and the pulley is then permitted to turn backward part of a revolution until the drawcord 46 is bound between the shallow part 'ofg'roove 58 and the frame 61 of the pulley quite advantageous as it eliminates the necessity of having means secured to thewall for tying the draw-cordrtofor anchoring or maintaining the rack in an elevated position. It is especially advantageous when clothesracks are suspended inlaundries or large rooms where the walls are far removed from the racks and therefore difiicult, if not impossible, to tie the draw-cord to means secured to the wall.

TWhat is claimed is:

1. 1n combination, a rack, a plurality of bars carried thereby, cords for supporting said rack, guide pulleys through which said cords pass, and adjustable means singular to eachcord for. preventing said rack from tilting. Y

2. In combination, a rack, a plurality of bars carried thereby, cords for supporting said rack, guide pulleys through which said cords pass, and adjustable means for preventing said rack from tilting.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this first day of May A. D., 1916.

CHARLES CORBETT.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE rXLEXANDER, THOMAS S. BURKE.

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Washington, D. 0. 

